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PACKING AND SHIPPING THE FRUIT 橘子包装和运输 But Jane wondered what happened to the oranges when they left the grove. 但是,简想知道橘子离开树林会去到哪里。 Mrs. Morgan quickly arranged with the driver to take them to a lar
Long ago, the people who settled in undeveloped areas of America first told tall tales. After a hard day's work, people gathered to tell each other stories. Each group of workers had its own tall tale hero. An African-American man named John Henry w
In 2004 a center in honor of the
Most of these castles are now in ruins, because it is too hard to get to them and to keep them in repair, 现在,这些城堡大部分已经成为废墟,因为很难再到城堡对它们进行维修, and no longer can any one treat the poor peo
ACT II Hello. What can I do for you? 你好。我能为你做点什么? Hi. Fill 'er up. 嗨,把油箱加满。 I need a full tank. 我要满满一箱。 Check the hood? 要不要检查一下机子?
Students of public speaking continually ask, How can I overcome self-consciousness and the fear that paralyzes me before an audience? Did you ever notice in looking from a train window that some horses feed near the track and never even pause to look
Chapter 9 Yankee Land 第8章 扬基人的定居地 A pair of shoes, a hat, or an automobile we should not call New if they were a year old, 一双鞋、一顶帽子或一辆汽车,如果用了一年,我们就不该说它们是新的了, but th
While the Aldens were at the glass factory, Benny was walking through the woods. The path was very poor. Sometimes he thought that he was not on the path at alland he was right. Benny knew that he was supposed to go a mile, but he knew that he had wa
Edward Hopper's Simple Paintings Hold Special Meaning for Americans VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Doug Johnson with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about artist Edward Hopper. He painted normal objects an
AMERICAN MOSAIC - VOA Special English By Broadcast: Friday, August 20, 2004 (MUSIC) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) This is Doug Johnson. On our show this week ... Mu
THE MAKING OF A NATION - How the Western United States Was Settled By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, September 22, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English.
THE MAKING OF A NATION - Gold! How the Search for Riches Drove Development After the U.S. Civil War By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, August 25, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION --
Early American Railroads Shape Modern Language 美国早期铁路塑造了现代语言 Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Each week, we tell about American expressions and where they come from. Today we talk about railroad
Sherman Burns Atlanta in March to the Sea 谢尔曼大行军点燃亚特兰大 From VOA Learning English, this is The Making of a Nation. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. And Im Jonathan Evans. By the autumn of 1864, it appeared the North would defeat the South
SAFETY FIRST IN THE CITY 城市里安全第一 BENJAMIN VEIT 本杰明法伊特 Stop! Look! Listen! Did you even see those words on a sign at a railroad crossing? 停!看!听!你在铁道十字路口的路标上看到过这些词吗? They are
Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847, on a cold snowy night in Milan, Ohio. His parents, Nancy and Samuel, named him Thomas after his great-uncle and Alva after Captain Alva Bradley, a good friend of his father. The family didnt call him
Al was twelve when his father helped him get a job on the Grand Trunk Railroad. The train traveled back and forth between Port Huron and Detroit, Michigan, every day. Al was a newsboy. Along with other boys, he sold newspapers, magazines, and snacks
365. City Life. 365.城市生活 In the old days the large towns were just like the small towns except that they were larger. 除了面积较大,过去较大的城镇就像今天的小城镇, Life in them was just about the same as in the small
Thirty years passed and though he went back home several times he always returned to Africa and at last he disappeared. 三十年过去了,尽管利文斯通回了几次家,他总是又返回非洲。最终他消失了。 He was given up for lost
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, travel back in time to explore the history of transportation in the United States. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: In eighteen-hundre